Diogenes Quotes. James Wood, comp. 1899. Dictionary of Quotations

James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Diogenes


“I am searching for a man.” Going about Athens by day with a lit lantern.	1
In eburna vagina plumbeus gladius—A leaden sword in an ivory sheath. Of an empty fop.	2
In youth it is too early, in old age it is too late to marry.	3
Modesty is the colour of virtue.	4
No man is ever hurt but by himself.	5
“Stand out of the sun.” To Alexander the Great, and which made Alexander remark, “If I were not Alexander I would be Diogenes.”	6
To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.	7
Wise kings have generally wise councillors, as he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.	8